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Features

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Opinion

Till Tech Do Us Part: Romance in the age of surveillance cinema

by Billie Walker

Surveillance culture has gone way beyond peering into our neighbours’ windows and wondering about the lives we aren’t living.
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Scene Report

Inside The Arzner, the UK’s first dedicated LGBTQ+ cinema

by Blake Simons

Community lies at the heart of the UK’s first venue solely dedicated to queer cinema, which has opened its doors in Bermondsey.
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Opinion

My Soapy IP Summer: Beach Read vs Airport Novel Adaptations

by Olivia Popp

A curious pattern emerges when it comes to the cinematic treatment of the breezy beach read, compared to that of the more respectable airport novel.
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Interviews

David Cronenberg: 'You don’t want to bore peo­ple with how sad you are'

by Hannah Strong

As The Shrouds finally debuts in UK cinemas, the master of the macabre gets personal about grief.
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This Just In

GriefTech: Death and Technology in The Shrouds, Invention, and Severance

by Jadie Stillwell

Recent sci-fi works in film and television alike are articulating new relationships between contemporary technologies and grief.
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In Praise Of

Basketball: A Cinematic History

by Taylor Burns

America’s favourite game involving high-stakes hoops has a rich and varied presence on screen.
Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in In The Mood For Love
In Praise Of

In the mood for In The Mood For Love

by Mick Gaw

Wong Kar Wai’s eternal story of yearning in Hong Kong turns 25 and only grows in stature.
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Partnership

The Sensual Elegance of I Am Love

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Through its use of colour, costume and décor, Luca Guadagnino’s sumptuous drama turns stylish interiors and silent glances into metaphors for longing.
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Top Ranking

28 Ways Later

by Juan Barquin, Mark Asch, Esther Rosenfield, Hannah Strong, Daniel Schindel, Jake Cole

We examine how the UK’s tragic demise at the hands of the rage virus might have impacted the wider world.
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In Praise Of

Brats in Bondage: Lessons in defiance from Tank Girl

by Riley Rogers

Thirty years on, the defiant desert dweller can teach us how to kick back against dystopia.